Golang Approves Generics, While Python Accepts Pattern-Matching Proposals
From today's "This Week in Programming" column: Rejoice, long at last, all you Gophers, for the question of whether or not the Go programming language will adopt generics has finally, after many years of debate, been answered this week with the accep.....»»
Calling all snake hunters—Florida opens registration for this year"s Python Challenge
Have you ever wanted to become a snake hunter in the Florida Everglades? Now's your chance......»»
Apple developer lawsuit: Judge accepts $100M deal, but questions $27M lawyer’s cut
An Apple developer lawsuit filed back in 2019 has been settled after the Cupertino company agreed to pay $100M in compensation, and the court approved the deal – but the judge in the case has asked the lawyers to justify their $27M cut. The antitr.....»»
Tim Cook says return to office work plan is "the mother of all experiments"
CEO Tim Cook accepts Apple's plans for bringing staff back in to offices needs tweaks, says the company is trialling ways to balance remote working.Following his remarks about privacy erosion at the Time100 summit, Tim Cook also told the conference t.....»»
Modifying surfaces with polymer chains promotes uniform drying of particle-containing liquids
What do coffee, red wine and ink have in common? The stubborn stains they leave behind. Anyone who has ever knocked over a cup of coffee will know that coffee dries in an unusual pattern, the stain is lighter at the center but it gets darker around t.....»»
Python 3.11 Performance Benchmarks Are Looking Fantastic
"Besides new language features and other improvements, Python 3.11 performance is looking fantastic with very nice performance uplift over prior Python 3.x releases," writes Phoronix's Michael Larabel. From the report: Python 3.11 has been baking sup.....»»
Deciphering the migratory pattern of the smallest seabird in the Mediterranean
It had always been thought that the Mediterranean population of the European storm petrel —the smallest seabird in the Mediterranean—spent the year in this sea and that only a small part of the population migrated to the Atlantic during the winte.....»»
EU about to finalize law that would require Apple to use USB-C on iPhones
Europe's ongoing debate and litigation over making USB-C the required standard charging port for all smartphones may be finalized on June 7, 2022.The EU has previously been reported to be nearing agreement, following its proposals evolving for more t.....»»
Twitter preps ‘Search Subscribe’ notifications for new tweets matching a search term
In the latest pre-release version of the mobile app, Twitter is preparing a way to get notifications about new tweets that match a particular search term. more… The post Twitter preps ‘Search Subscribe’ notifications for new tweets matching a.....»»
Discovery of a tripole winter precipitation change pattern around the Tibetan Plateau in the late 1990s
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is referred to as the "water tower" of Asia for being home to the headwaters of many major rivers in Asia, including the Yangtze, Yellow, Ganges, and Indus. Therefore, TP precipitation is important for not only local, but reg.....»»
Hijacking of popular ctx and phpass packages reveals open source security gaps
The Python module “ctx” and a fork of the PHP library “phpass” have recently been modified by an unknown attacker to grab AWS credentials/keys and send them to a Heroku app. But what at first seemed like the work of a maliciou.....»»
Python libraries are being attacked for AWS keys
Python libraries are being attacked for AWS keys.....»»
The Field of Firearms Forensics Is Flawed
The matching of bullets to guns is subjective, and courts are starting to question it because of testimony from scientific experts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Computex 2022: All X670 motherboards announced
With the upcoming launch of AMD Ryzen 7000 processors come the new AM5 socket and a slew of matching motherboards. Here are all the X670 boards announced today......»»
Save $250 on Apple"s 13-inch MacBook Pro with 512GB SSD at Amazon
As Memorial Day deals heat up, Amazon has issued bonus savings at checkout on the M1 13-inch MacBook Pro with a 512GB SSD, matching the lowest price seen in 2022.Amazon's MacBook Pro 13-inch deal offers bonus savings at checkoutThe $1,249.99 price is.....»»
What Made Golang Become Popular? Its Creators Look Back
Created at Google in late 2007, the Go programming language was open sourced in late 2009, remember its creators, and "since then, it has operated as a public project, with contributions from thousands of individuals and dozens of companies." In a j.....»»
Developer Survey: JavaScript and Python Reign, but Rust is Rising
SlashData's "State of the Developer Nation" surveyed more than 20,000 developers in 166 countries, taken from December 2021 to February 2022, reports InfoWorld. It found the most popular programming language is JavaScript — followed by Python.....»»
Python is about to solve one of its most frustrating issues
Python should – hopefully – be getting a lot faster with its next update......»»
Is Python About to Get Faster?
"Python 3.11 will bear the fruits of CPython's multi-year effort to make Python a faster programming language," reports ZDNet. "Core Python (CPython) developer Mark Shannon shared details about the project to make Python faster at the PyCon 2022 co.....»»
Want to Run Python Code in a Browser? Soon You Might Be Able To
ZDNet reports news from PyCon 2022 ("the first in-person meet-up for Python contributors since 2019 due to the pandemic") "Developers revisited the idea of running Python code in the browser...." CPython developer Christian Heimes and fellow contr.....»»
This premium Python programming certification bundle is on sale for under £25
TL;DR: The Premium Python Programming Certification Bundle is on sale for £23.93, saving you 98% on list price.Learning to code is becoming much more approachable for the everyday person. It’s not just an exclusive skill held by higher-up.....»»